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Iranian drones, the new nightmare of the Ukrainian army

2022-09-29T16:54:46.144Z


Iran has delivered "hundreds of drones" to Russia that target civilian infrastructure and destroy Ukrainian armor and howitzers on the battlefield.


In the Ukrainian sky, Moscow has found a parade to inflict on Ukraine the price of its spectacular and victorious counter-offensive.

For a few weeks, and on the front areas in the south near Kherson as in the east, kamikaze drones and others dropping bombs have appeared, annihilating tanks, howitzers or troop transport vehicles.

Civilian infrastructures were also targeted in Odessa or Mikolaiv.

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It is very difficult to see them on the radars

,” a Ukrainian soldier recently explained to American television, asking for the supply of more radar and anti-aircraft equipment.

Identified by military experts, the devices in question are of Iranian manufacture.

The Shahed-136, drones which are said to have a range of 2000 km and a maximum speed of 180 km/h, operate in pairs.

One observes and targets while the other plays the role of a guided missile

”, explains Igor Delanoë, deputy director of the Franco-Russian observatory in Moscow…

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Source: lefigaro

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